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Re: Commonwealth Culture
« on: March 09, 2021, 03:22:09 pm »
Professor Legasse has an interesting proposal. Due to the letters of patent is within the power of Parliament to make the GG a full regent. That means that they would exercise all power and authority of the Queen, making Canada a true Crowned Republic, and avoiding messy fights over official languages and equalization that would inevitably come out of the quest to get 10 provinces and Ottawa to agree on a change. He and I had an interesting chat on one aspect (okay, he had a chat, and I listened):

https://twitter.com/jmt_18325/status/1369383222153510916?s=20

Here is the full article:

https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/january-2020/monarchys-rights-privileges-and-symbols-in-canada-can-be-changed/